Conscientious objector Halil
Savdasays that the authorities are trying to keep public
opinion in the dark about the existence of people rejecting militarism, and
obstruct any public discussion of the issue. The European Union should be
doing more about the issue. 16 April 2009

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7 October 2008

Halil on
trial on 12 April 2007 -
Petitionsent to the Turkish authority.
See the text of the petition and first
signatories
5 April 2007

Press releaseby
the Conscientious Objection PlatformThe
police, who were supposed to prevent the aggressors, joined them by
using pepper gas against our friends and by beating them and causing
some of the people from our group to get injured.
28 March 2007

Model Letter to the Turkish authorities
We are outraged to hear that on 29 March he
will be on trial again for his refusal, and
risks being sentenced to more time in jail.
This cycle of arrest, detention, trial,
“release”, new arrest, is against any notion
of natural justice and must stop. 27 March
2007

A
sergeant major who was the disciplinary
officer, two guardians and an officer pushed
Halil to the wall face-on, kicked his legs
apart and began hitting him. Having kept
kicking Halil on the floor where he fell
while yelling “you are a traitor, you are a
terrorist,” the authorities tried to silence
Halil from crying out by shoving a dirty gag
in his mouth.2 February 2007

Conscientious objector Halil Savda mistreated and
on hunger strike"I
refuse the psychological examination. I
refuse my military duty by my conscience. I
am not disabled nor sick. I dont
want to be invalided out. I refuse the military duty as being a
conscientious objector and for
these reason i dont want to be examined by doctor"
17 January 2007

Ankara Anarchy
Initiative StatementHalil
is in the prison now, because he rejected an
activity which crushes with his will and his
conscience. They don't want him to be free,
because he doesn't accepts to use violence,
to kill people, to take a part within
uniformity structure and more than that,
because he knows that if not only himself
but other people also reject this structure
and other structures, another world is
possible 18 December 2006

Press release by
Conscientious Objection Platform,
Halil Savda was
arrested two years ago on 26.11.2004 at the Çorlu Military Prosecutor's
Office where he declared he would not “serve in the military as it
contradicted his conscience and beliefs.” He was released from custody
after the trial on 30.12.2004. Halil was arrested again on
December 7 by the Çorlu Military Court 15 December 2006